1958 NOMAD! 4 door wagon - $2500

https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/d/cathlamet-1958-nomad-4-door-wagon/6811302144.html

 

Looks like it could be a solid project car. I like the 58 Chevrolet 4 door wagons. But I don't think the name "Nomad" should have ever been affixed to something with more than two doors.

 

So the Nomad for '58 was only a 4 door top tier wagon, no 2 doors. The 2 door was the budget Yeoman. Last year for the Nomad name. Check out the AC arrangement in this one in link.

https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/car-of-the-week/car-week-1958-chevrolet-nomad-station-wagon

 

That is correct.
I wish they would have done it right and built it like this:



https://www.classicgaragellc.com/Cars/1950s/1958-Chevrolet-Wagon-Kurt/

 

Not to contradict what MotoMike said but I believe there where some Nomad tagged Chevy wagons in the early 1970's.?....Longroofs Rule!

 

I've forgotten about the Chevelle based Nomads, et al. To me the only real Nomad is the 2 door wagon of the 50's.

 

As stated the Nomad name made a comeback on the Chevelle, but I believe the Nomad name was used on wagons (4doors) through ‘61.

 

You mean, the Nomad name has been abused, beginning with the re-tooling which took place just before 1958?

 

OrthmannJ: Do you know if the '58 "Impala" wagon ever got finished? The picture date stamp is 2005. Wonder where it is now.

 

I don't know. I did a search on the google machine and that's all I came up with.
In the mix of photos it does show that it was painted and placed back on the chassis. I also found a section of customer cars on the Art Morison website that showed this car, but it was also in an unfinished state.
I would love to see the finished product, but as of yet I have been unable to find it.

 

There was a 'Nomad' in 1959....
http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/chevy/59chev/1.html

...and 1960:


....and 1961:

 

I'll take that '60

 

No kidding. Love that ‘60. That was my ride home from the hospital was a white / Turquoise ‘60 Nomad wagon.

 

I had a 68 Nomad

 

They really should have named '58s and up anything else other than Nomad, if they were to be built different than the Tri-Fives, regarding the number of doors and styling interpretation, just to do justice to the Nomad name. I won't suggest calling them No Mads, though
When was the last time anybody saw a Vista Cruiser without an extended roof?